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[Heikki Wilenius <heikki.wilenius@xxxxxx>]

Hi everybody, I'm not sure whether the Nvidia 330M + intel GPU combo on Z13
is "real Optimus" or not, but like Zheng said, it works with Bumblebee. So
give it a shot with Z11 too! As long as lspci shows two GPUs, I bet that
bumblebee works.

Heikki

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Zheng Wang <wangzhenglib@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't think I understand your question. Optirun is a program, "dhgs" is
> a technology term. when you run a program with optirun it will use nvidia
> otherwise by default it's intel. But I rarely use it. (Basically I just use
> bumblebee to turn off nvidia) Because I can't see the diff if a firefox is
> running under nvidia.  Besides it drain battery makes system hotter(these
> are 2 weakness of the first generation i core. I wish sony could ve made
> Z1, not Z2, with later generation i core.)
>
> Strange why I could not even enter the ubuntu 14.04 before....
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:04 PM, jmalmari <dev@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the link. I'll dig deeper.
>>
>> I use kubuntu 14.04. I went through the steps described in "Basic Setup
>> for
>> 13.10 and later" here: <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee#Installation>
>>
>> I'll try some more tweaking with bumblebee daemon configs to see if I can
>> get
>> it not to crash on me.
>>
>> Is Z13 real optimus or "dynamic hybrid graphics system"? Or am I confused
>> with
>> the terminology and technologies?
>>
>> > I have a z13 and doing according to this:
>> >
>> http://www.adhocism.net/2012/06/installing-ubuntu-12-04-on-sony-vaio-vpc-z13
>> > m9eb/
>> >
>> > All looks fine. Which distro you use and which version? I know the newer
>> > distro doesn't work well with optirun it works with the other one.(Don't
>> > remember the name)
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:34 PM, jmalmari <dev@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > Hi Craig, and all
>> > >
>> > > I just had to dig this old thread up to see whats up.
>> > >
>> > > What you were essentially saying is that it's possible to use the
>> NVIDIA
>> > > card
>> > > via bumblebee with Vaio Z11 which, to my understanding, does *not*
>> have
>> > > Optimus but a "dynamic hybrid graphics system"?
>> > >
>> > > I'm trying to bring my four-year-old VPCZ11Z9E back to life with
>> Linux.
>> > > Nvidia
>> > > drivers work but won't recognize my display (i.e. accelerates but
>> HDMI or
>> > > screen configuration doesn't work); bumblebee just says I don't have
>> an
>> > > NVIDIA
>> > > discrete graphics card and crashes all over me. I, too, think I don't
>> have
>> > > NVIDIA discrete graphics card (in optimus sense) but the fact that
>> you had
>> > > it
>> > > working got me suspicious.
>> > >
>> > > Can you give your Z11's exact model?
>> > >
>> > > Anyone else tried this?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> > >
>> > > > Craig S. Blackie Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:28:14 -0700
>> > > > Hey guys,
>> > > >
>> > > > I think I must be pushing my luck, I decided to install bumblebee
>> today:
>> > > > https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/ Rebooted with the
>> > >
>> > > switch in
>> > >
>> > > > 'auto' position.
>> > > > Upon booting, I checked power usuage:
>> > > >
>> > > > "The battery reports a discharge rate of 11.6 W"
>> > > >
>> > > > Ran glxspheres:
>> > > >
>> > > > csb@csb-laptop:~$ glxspheres
>> > > > Polygons in scene: 62464
>> > > > Visual ID of window: 0x92
>> > > > Context is Direct
>> > > > OpenGL Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile
>> > > > 20.078867 frames/sec - 22.408016 Mpixels/sec
>> > > > 26.432012 frames/sec - 29.498126 Mpixels/sec
>> > > > 29.906124 frames/sec - 33.375235 Mpixels/sec
>> > > > 28.067554 frames/sec - 31.323390 Mpixels/sec
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Now for the real test:
>> > > > csb@csb-laptop:~$ optirun glxspheres
>> > > > Polygons in scene: 62464
>> > > > Visual ID of window: 0x21
>> > > > Context is Direct
>> > > > OpenGL Renderer: GeForce GT 330M/PCIe/SSE2
>> > > > 74.902735 frames/sec - 83.591453 Mpixels/sec
>> > > > 127.273131 frames/sec - 97.262626 Mpixels/sec
>> > > > 169.620041 frames/sec - 115.070236 Mpixels/sec
>> > > > 174.924951 frames/sec - 118.669087 Mpixels/sec
>> > > > 166.887317 frames/sec - 113.216356 Mpixels/sec
>> > > > 171.806394 frames/sec - 116.553458 Mpixels/sec
>> > > > 167.313173 frames/sec - 113.505256 Mpixels/sec
>>
>>
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